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Title Santorio Santori and the emergence of quantified medicine, 1614-1790 : corpuscularianism, technology and experimentation / Jonathan Barry, Fabrizio Bigotti, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color)
Series Palgrave studies in medieval and early modern medicine
Palgrave studies in medieval and early modern medicine.
Contents 1. Introduction - Fabrizio Bigotti and Jonathan Barry -- 2. Gears of an Inner Clock: Santorios Theory of Matter and its Applications - Fabrizio Bigotti -- 3. The Uncertainty of Medicine: Readings and Reactions to Santorio between Tradition and Reformation (1615-1721) - Fabiola Zurlini -- 4. Daniel Sennert's Response to Santorio Santori in the Light of Chymical Atomism - William R. Newman -- 5. Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman - Elisabeth Moreau -- 6. Regius between Santorio and Descartes: The Quantification and Mechanization of the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Medicine - Fabrizio Baldassarri -- 7. Santorio and Leibniz on Natural Immortality: The Question of Emergence and the Question of Emanative Causation - Andreas Blank -- 8. Santorio Santori on Plague: Ideas and Experience between Venice and Naples - Vivian Nutton and Silvana DAlessio -- 9. An inquisitive man, considering when and where he livd: Robert Boyle on Santorio Santori and Insensible Perspiration - Salvatore Ricciardo -- 10. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and Santorio on the Explanation of Fevers - Fabio Zampieri -- 11. Bodies in Balance: Santorios Legacy in Baglivis Medicine - Luca Tonetti -- 12. Disputing Santorio: Johannes de Gorters Neurological Theory of Insensible Perspiration - Ruben Verwaal -- 13. The Influence of Santorio Santori on the Dietetics of Carl Linnaeus - Luciana Costa Lima Thomaz -- 14. Weighing Authority: Lavoisiers and Seguins Reassessment of Santorios Experiments on Transpiration - Francesca Antonelli
Summary This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices (pulsimeters, hygrometers, thermometers, anemometers), as well as clinical and surgical tools. The chapters in this volume explore Santorios legacy through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They highlight the role played by medical practitioners such as Santorio in the development of corpuscularian ideas, central to the new science of the period, and place new emphasis on the role of the life sciences, chemistry and medicine in encouraging new forms of experimentation and instrument-making. Chapters 1 and 2 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com
Notes Includes index
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Subject Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636.
Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636 -- Influence
SUBJECT Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636 fast
Subject Medicine -- History -- 17th century.
Medicine -- History -- 18th century.
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Medicine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Barry, Jonathan, 1956- editor.
Bigotti, Fabrizio, 1982- editor.
ISBN 9783030795870
303079587X